Acknowledgement of Country

The Conference organising committee acknowledges the Traditional Owners of Country of the University of Newcastle Nuspace campus, the Awabakal and Worimi peoples. We recognise their continuing care for Country including the lands, waters, skies and communities in this place.  We pay our respect to Elders past and present.  This place is a meeting place where waters, lands and people have come together and shared knowledge.  Our conference seeks to continue practices of knowledge sharing which nurture emergent geographies.  We recognise that First Nations sovereignty was never ceded.  This place always was, always will be Aboriginal Land.  We extend this respect to all First Nations people and Country itself across the continent.